1- What is the title of your book? “A Discreet Gentleman of Consequence” – Book three in my Discreet Gentleman series from Desert Breeze Publishing – releases on December 11!

2- Where did the idea for the book come from? A couple years back I decided to write about a DEAF hero in the 1700s. I didn’t realize at first how awesome he was going to be and now he has his own series.

3- What genre does your book fall under? Historical Suspense – he is a private investigator. But there is a wife at the end of the first book, so it’s a romantic series as well. She turned out to be quite headstrong, as my readers know!

4- How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript? I can write a book in about 3 months, and I aim for 100,000 words per novel.

5- What other books would you compare your story to within this genre? Hmm… maybe Jennifer Ashley’s “The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie” because her hero has Asperger syndrome. I don’t know of other historical authors who write heroes with disbilities.

6- Who or what inspired you to write this book? A comment in the Romance Writer Report a few years ago that said women are attracted to men who look at them like they are the only thing in the room. I thought, who does that? A deaf man.

7- What else about your book might pique the readers interest? He’s the hero in a series of historical crime dramas set in Norway. He uses his deafness and lip-reading skills to solve crimes because, as he gestures: When people find out I’m deaf, they forget I’m in the room.